Meet Helen Austen, Television Host and Interior Designer
Helen’s path to interior design was anything but typical.
Before launching full-service interior design, she spent 12 years as the principal organizer and CEO of Organized by Helen.
That experience gave her a rare look inside the way people actually live: their routines and most common friction points, the clutter and decisions. The places where a home supports daily life (and the places where it sometimes works against us).
She also holds a Master’s degree in Human Services with a graduate certificate in Professional Counseling, which shapes the way she listens, observes, and understands what clients need from their homes.
Add in her design education through the New York Institute of Art and Design, and Helen brings a mix of creative vision, practical intelligence, and human insight that makes her work feel deeply personal without becoming precious.
15+ years experience in client homes
Counseling-trained insight into how people live and thrive
Nearly a decade as a trusted TV host and design voice
A full-service process built for fewer client decisions
You may recognize Helen from her many live television appearances, too.
For nearly a decade, she’s been a regular expert contributor on morning television in Kansas City, sharing practical, approachable design ideas with a wider audience.
Her work and expertise have also been featured nationally in HGTV Magazine and Woman’s World Magazine, along with regional appearances on Great Day Houston, Better Kansas City, Your California Life, KCTV5, Fox4KC, KMBC Channel 9, NBC Action News 41, and Kansas City’s NPR affiliate show Central Standard.
Today, Helen is based in Galveston and serves clients across the Texas Gulf Coast, while continuing to work with Kansas City clients and seasonal-home projects nationwide.
That range reflects the way her career has grown: rooted in real homes, shaped by years of public design education, and built for clients who want colorful, practical, highly personal interiors wherever home happens to be.
That public-facing experience is part of what makes Helen easy to trust, too.
She knows how to explain design clearly, guide people through decisions, and make the process feel less intimidating.
Every project begins with understanding the people who’ll live there, the life they’re building, and the home they’re ready to step into.
A trusted design voice, on screen and at home:
“A home should feel like a world you’re excited to step into, not just another space you inhabit.”
—Helen Austen | Founder, Helen Austen Interior Design
“Helen is 100% top notch, first class the best you will ever find.
We have been using Helen for design services not only in Kansas City but she also helped us design and organize our vacation home in Florida!
She is excellent in meeting the client where you are. Listening to what you want and helping create a reality for your home.
– J.B. | Mission Hills, Kansas
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From Galveston and the Texas Gulf Coast to Kansas City and seasonal homes nationwide, we create homes with color, personality, polish, and practical ease.
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